Arethusa Reserve
ARETHUSA RESERVE at Pukenui on the Aupouri Peninsula is Forest and Bird’s most northern reserve. Over the last two years the Far North branch has built a cottage and other facilities as a centre for members and to provide accommodation for those who wish to stay over and explore the north. Attractions nearby include Rarawa with its pohutukawa and white sandy beach, and Kowhai Beach, frequented by many waders and a nesting place for dotterels, gulls, terns and oystercatchers. Ninety Mile Beach, Cape Reinga, Cape Maria Van Diemen, Spirits
Bay, Te Paki Bush and the Parengarenga Harbour (see last issue of Forest & Bird) are all within easy distance for day trips. The 14-ha reserve itself is a wetland area developed over the years as the once-shifting sand dunes on the Aupouri Peninsula have been stabilised. The area sustains a healthy wetland ecosystem that provides food and shelter for an increasing bird population. Branch members have been planting native trees and shrubs in the surrounding areas. For booking details see Forest and Bird Lodges and houses on page 52.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/FORBI19920801.2.9.6
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Forest and Bird, Issue 265, 1 August 1992, Page 11
Word count
Tapeke kupu
180Arethusa Reserve Forest and Bird, Issue 265, 1 August 1992, Page 11
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
For material that is still in copyright, Forest & Bird have made it available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0). This periodical is not available for commercial use without the consent of Forest & Bird. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this magazine please refer to our copyright guide.
Forest & Bird has made best efforts to contact all third-party copyright holders. If you are the rights holder of any material published in Forest & Bird's magazine and would like to discuss this, please contact Forest & Bird at editor@forestandbird.org.nz
Log in